Neandertal energetics: Uncertainty in body mass estimation limits comparisons with Homo sapiens

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 193-197

  Heyes, Peter ^a   MacDonald, Katharine ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body mass; Energetics; Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition; Neandertal

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

HOMO SAPIENS;

ANIMAL; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY SIZE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY SIZE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEANDERTHALS;

EID: 84937976112     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.04.007     Document Type: Article

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